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Recovering from loss: How do I get back to my old self?

Loss & Grief | Last Active: Jun 7 6:24am | Replies (14)
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@thisismarilynb

I don't think you ever get back to the way you were. My husband died 2-1/2 years ago. It was not expected. We were married for 59 years and together for 62 years. How can you expect things to "get back" after a lifetime of being together? I have had grief counselling, but I am still in deep depression and mourning and I expect I always will be.

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catherine1290 | @catherine1290 | Jun 7 6:24am

You are right. Things will never get back to the normal it used to be. My husband died 2 years ago this August and I probably think about him daily and talk to his picture. I moved into senior housing where everybody here is a widow. We do activities together like movies, bingo, coloring, exercise class, pizza night, Sat morning coffee, make your own Sundae, etc. You recognize what a funk you are in by writing to this forum. I read something not long after he died that said "It's not fair! I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with him! Then I realized that he spent the rest of his life with me."

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